It is not that we keep His commandments first and that then He loves but that He loves us and then we keep His commandments. This is that grace which is revealed to the humble but hidden from the proud.
Saint AugustineThey, then, who are destined to die, need not be careful to inquire what death they are to die, but into what place death will usher them.
Saint AugustineA man may lose the good things of this life against his will; but if he loses the eternal blessings, he does so with his own consent.
Saint Augustine